I took this from my friends blog :)

Perfectly said.....
So I wanted to share something that a long time client and dear friend said to me the other day that left me seriously just beaming, tears welling a bit in my eyes and thinking "Yes, Yes you are so right". We were talking of Ezra and how she came to us. She asked what we knew of her history and I said "We know nothing" and she said as she was walking out the door "Well, God does, He knows everything and he knew exactly what he was doing" with a lil wink and a big smile on her face she was off to enjoy the rest of her evening, and so was I.

We all know that God has a "plan" for us. God hand picks these children, and each child of every family has a different story, a different background-he knows exactly who will go with each family. Who knows-he may be "hand picking" one for you right now and you just don't know it. I'm glad that we do. I am stealing this quote from my girlfriends status from Facebook she posted the other day, and it couldn't be more perfect-

"Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend that they are not real until you hold them in your arms. But once you do-everything changes"-David Platt


This is from my dear friends Meggan's blog

Update on Claire

Claire Dollame is getting so big and she is growing up beautifully. I am so happy and bless to be called her mommy. A few things we have been working on is sleeping in an big girl bed, potty training, learning colors, counting to 5, saying please and thank you, and playing with lots of babies so she will know how to play and interact with Stella and Ben. I some times can not even believe how much I love her!


Last night she slept in her blow up Dora bed all by her self! I tucked her in, and checked on her a few times. And she slept in there until about 6. The picture of her hanging off the side of the bed was from last night. SO SO SO precious and cute. I told Darin I did not care if it woke her up I had to take a picture of her.
The rest of the pictures are from Kerchers Apple orchard.

Submitted!

BIG BIG news this week! This is news we have been waiting for for 3 and a half LONG months! We have been submitted to court! This means that all of our paper work and both of our babies paper work is out of our agency's hands and in the hands of the Ethiopian courts! Praise God! I do not have much more to say except... Hallelujah!